A second fall of snow on Friday night had sadly left conditions too treacherous and cold for moorland cycling, and since Zac was still recovering from a foot injury we decided to use Michael's car for transport to this year's Christmas Lunch ride. Michael's new all-season tyres made light work of the snow and we arrived at the hotel at 11.50, giving us plenty of time to enjoy the indoor pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. The lads somehow managed to touch an alarm button on the wall near the Jacuzzi whilst running around the pool - the alarm only rang in the hotel, so we were blissfully unaware of the problem until staff came running out to us.

We had the Library room all to ourselves for the meal as usual, and we certainly couldn't fault the presentation or the prices. Michael was a bit disappointed with his vegetarian option but everyone else seemed happy with the food. Callum came off worst in the inevitable snowball fights after the meal when he got hit square on the ear by a flyer from Ashley.

The journey home was slow but incident-free and left us with an hour and a half for computer games at Crofters, rounding off a very special day.